UNSEEN CITY featured in GBH!
Date: January 4, 2021
Each month, Beyond The Page: A WGBH Book Club features a notable author, who takes part in a live Q&A with a WGBH personality to discuss the intricacies of that month’s novel. […]
Date: January 4, 2021
Each month, Beyond The Page: A WGBH Book Club features a notable author, who takes part in a live Q&A with a WGBH personality to discuss the intricacies of that month’s novel. […]
Date: January 4, 2021
In these disunited states, containing within them many sovereign nations, we are in what Biodun Jeyifo called “arrested decolonization.” And yet, as Mukoma Wa Ngugi wrote, “The work of decolonization […]
Date: January 4, 2021
RIFT ZONE BY TESS TAYLOR Taylor released two books this year: a Dorothea Lange documentary project, and this collection of original poems that mine personal, California, American history, and changes […]
Date: January 1, 2021
Pasadena, CA: Red Hen Press, 2020. First Edition. Softcover. “There are perfectly good explanations/ for the simultaneous risks we juggle./ There are shipyards of baubles/ and harbors that have dried up/ and martinis made up […]
Date: December 18, 2020
Enjoy a virtual conversation with widely traveled poet and performer, Keith Flynn, on December 18th at 7PM! We will be discussing his newest collection of poetry, The Skin of Meaning. Catch the […]
Date: December 16, 2020
An old post from 2019, featuring Elizabeth Bradfield’s TOWARD ANTARTICA. Though she writes in a completely different style than Oliver, Elizabeth Bradfield’s Toward Antarctica (Boreal Books, 2019) also belongs in the hands […]
Date: December 16, 2020
Generally, I don’t care about the new year. The clock ticking from December 31st to January 1st doesn’t mean much, other than time moving as it always does, bringing all […]
Date: December 14, 2020
S2 E14 – Tracy Daugherty “In our Season 2 finale (probably), we welcome our friend Tracy Daugherty, the author of many books of nonfiction and fiction, to discuss his recent […]
Date: December 14, 2020
My list of the best Latinx poetry published this year includes After Ruben (Red Hen Press), a stunning collection of poems by Francisco Aragon, inspired by another of Latin America’s greatest poets […]
Date: December 14, 2020
To read “Caretaker” from Brewer’s collection visit the link below!
Date: October 15, 2014
Brian McGackin, writing for Lit Reactor, recently reviewed Ron Koertge's new flash fiction collection, Sex World, and had nothing but praise for the book: "I've enjoyed a lot of books […]
Date: October 9, 2014
Barbara Lloyd McMichael of The Bellingham Herald had great things to say about Pete Fromm's latest novel. She praised the strong, heroic characters that he wrote, and had this to […]
Date: October 8, 2014
In its May/June 2014 issue, the American Book review had some great things to say about Andrea Scarpino's new poetry collection, Once, Then. "In the book, Scarpino investigates that liminal […]
Date: October 8, 2014
Bookczuk gave a great review of Ellen Meeropol's On Hurricane Island, which will be released next Spring. The reviewer applauds Ellen's ability to induce a reader's self-examination through the text: […]
Date: October 8, 2014
Kendra Bartell has given a wonderful review on Jessica Piazza's Interrobang in Monologging. She mentions how Jessica is able to use traditional poetic form and still be accessible to a […]
Date: October 8, 2014
Nancy Powell from Shelf Awareness praises Ron Koertge's Sex World in a recent review: "Sex World will simultaneously shock, tickle the funny bone, provoke grief and inspire hope with some […]
Date: September 12, 2014
Jo Deurbrouck, from the Missoula Independent, gives If Not For This a wonderful review. In the piece, she commends Fromm on his technique of showing the strength of his characters, […]
Date: September 12, 2014
In a recent review from Monkeybicycle, Michelle Newby applauds Amy Schutzer's new novel and her ability to pull readers into the world she creates within the text: "As for Spheres […]
Date: September 3, 2014
Joy Horowitz, of the Los Angeles Review of Books, praises Lam's collection of short stories in its ability to elucidate the struggles of Vietnamese immigrants. "'HOW DIFFICULT IS IT,’” Andrew […]
Date: August 13, 2014
In a recent review, Chris Burlingame, writing for The SunBreak heaped praise upon Elissa Washuta's "unforgettable" book, My Body Is a Book of Rules. "It feels like you’re learning about […]